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(NoModelJ- GJNIPIBROE & M. BERNHARD. Toy FURNITURE. No. 244,658. vPatented July 19, 1881.

I ine y fimvzwa WITNESSES:

INVENTOR s,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAID BERNHARD ASSIGNOR TO SAID PIERCE.

TOY FURNITURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,658, dated July 19,1881.

Application filed December 15,1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, GEORGE N. PrERcE and MICHAEL BERNHARD, both ofBuffalo, county of Erie, and State of New York, have made certainImprovements in Toy Furniture, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates more particularly to for bureaus, dressing-cases,850., the object of frames for lookin g-glasses used in toy furniturethe invention being to cheapen the cost by reducing the number of piecesused and labor in making them, and at the same time present a handsomerarticle than before; and the invention consists in its constructiomashereinafter specified.

In the drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of the looking-glassframe detached from the bureau; and Fig. 2 is an edge view or side,partly in section, showing the construction of the frame,.&c. Arepresents the frame proper, made of a single piece sawed out in themiddle for the glass, and which is fastened onto the-back, as is usual.

B is the base-piece for the frame, and which is attached to it by merelymaking a groove, a, to correspond to the thickness of the frame,

and which is then set in and glued thereon,

making it immovable. The base is fastened to the bureau, &c., in theusual manner by pins or otherwise. 7

On the top of the frame A is a piece ofmoldin g, 0, which is attached tothe frame by having a straight groove, 12, cut in the under side, thetop of the frame A setting in said groove b. Another groove, b is madeon the upper side of the molding, and an ornamental top piece, D, setthereon and glued in, as shown .of construction, which is four pieces ofmolding for the frame, with outside pieces glued on, then a base-pieceset on flat and glued on, then two or more separate top pieces glued onflat, all liable to break off easily. By reduo ing ours to threepartsviz., the frame, of a single piece, the bottom and top pieces-andsetting the frame in grooves, a simpler and stronger as well as cheaperconstruction is had.

We claim' The construction of looking-glass frames for toy bureaus,dressing-cases, &c., consisting of the frame proper, A, made in onepiece, the base-piece B with the groove a, the bottom of the frame Asetting therein, the top piece, 0, with the groove 1), in which the topof the frame A sets, and with or without the groove b, and ornainentaltop D, all substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In witness whereof we have hereunto signed our names in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

' GEORGE N. PIERCE.

MICHAEL BERNHARD. .Witnesses:

J. R. DRAKE, GEo. A. BURNETT.

GEORGE N. PIERCE AND MICHAEL BERNHARD, 0F BUFFALO, NEW YORK,

